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VII. CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE ON THE MATTERHORN—THE ICE-AVALANCHE OF THE ALTELS—AN AVALANCHE WHICH ROBBED A LADY OF A GARMENT 72 VIII. LOST IN THE ICE FOR FORTY YEARS 92 IX. THE MOST TERRIBLE OF ALL ALPINE TRAGEDIES 107 X. A WONDERFUL SLIDE DOWN A WALL OF ICE 113 XI. AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRIFT PASS—THE PERILS OF THE MOMING PASS 122 XII. AN EXCITING PASSAGE OF THE COL DE PILATTE 134 XIII. AN ADVENTURE ON THE ALETSCH GLACIER—A LOYAL COMPANION—A BRAVE GUIDE 142 XIV. A WONDERFUL FEAT BY TWO LADIES—A PERILOUS CLIMB 153 XV. A FINE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT GUIDES 170 XVI. THE PIZ SCERSCEN TWICE IN FOUR DAYS—THE FIRST ASCENT BY A WOMAN OF MONT BLANC 194 XVII. THE ASCENT OF A WALL OF ICE 208 XVIII. THE AIGUILLE DU DRU 221 XIX. THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAIN IN THE ALPS—THE CONQUEST OF THE MATTERHORN 250 XX. SOME TRAGEDIES ON THE MATTERHORN 268 XXI. THE WHOLE DUTY OF THE CLIMBER—ALPINE DISTRESS SIGNALS 289   GLOSSARY 293   INDEX 295

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Melchior Anderegg, 1894	Frontispiece
Climbers Descending the Ortler	2
The Aletsch Glacier from Bel Alp	7
General View of a Glacier	8
A Glacier Table: after a Storm	11
A Crevassed Glacier	13
An Avalanche near Bouveret: a Tunnel through an Avalanche	17
Edouard Cupelin	22
Descending a Rock Peak near Zermatt	31
A Big Crevasse: the Gentle Persuasion of the Rope	37
A Typical Couloir: the Ober Gabelhorn: the Wrong Way to Descend: Very Soft Snow	42
Piz Palü: Hans and Christian Grass	44
Christian Almer, 1894	54
An Avalanche Falling	59
Eiger and Mönch from Lauberhorn